[mit-habitat-exec] Campus Build

[Nina Mann]

I know Olin college built playhouses and then sold them on eBay to raise money
for habitat: http://www.needhamhabitat.org/playhouses.html

Maybe we can copy them?

Nina
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Quoting Elyse Pieper <epieper at MIT.EDU>:

> I think checking the other habitat chapters is a great idea.  See how fast
> you can push them to make a decision in the next couple days.
>
> As far as other ideas, someone had at one point mentioned building play
> homes to auction off later.  Anyone have ideas as to how we could do this or
> think it's a bad idea etc?
>
>
> On 4/17/07, Mike Kokko <kokkom at mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Bryan,
>>
>> I know MIT Habitat is in good with MVHFH, but what about checking with
>> some
>> other local chapters?  There's a list at
>> http://www.habitat.org/cd/local/affiliate.aspx?zip=02139.  If any of them
>> are soon to be framing new constructions they may appreciate some wall
>> sections (to their specs, of course).  If Lowe's has already committed to
>> donate materials, it would probably be good to use them so that channel
>> remains open for future builds.
>>
>> That's just my 2c, let me know if there' anything I can do.
>>
>> - Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU
>> [mailto:mit-habitat-exec-bounces at MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Bryan Owens
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 4:32 PM
>> To: mit-habitat-exec at mit.edu
>> Subject: [mit-habitat-exec] Campus Build
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> So I talked to Emerson over at Merrimack Habitat and here is the basic
>> situation.  Since they're in between construction projects, they don't
>> have final plans from the architect, as a result, there's nothing for
>> us to concretely build.  So I have a few questions for everyone...
>>
>> Is there something else we could build that would be beneficial to
>> Habitat?
>> Should we cancel the event?
>> Is there something else we could do on campus at that time instead as
>> a Habitat PR event?
>>
>> Discuss.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan
>>
>> --
>> Bryan Owens
>> bryand at mit.edu
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